Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 10.3
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10.3.1
कृपस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा धर्मार्थसहितं शुभम् ।
अश्वत्थामा महाराज दुःखशोकसमन्वितः ॥ १०.३.१ ॥
Having heard Kṛpa's auspicious words, joined with dharma and purpose, O great king, Aśvatthāman, filled with sorrow and grief...
10.3.2
दह्यमानस्तु शोकेन प्रदीप्तेनाग्निना यथा ।
क्रूरं मनस्ततः कृत्वा तावभौ प्रत्यभाषत ॥ १०.३.२ ॥
Burning with grief like a blazing fire, then, having made his mind cruel, he spoke to those two.
10.3.3
पुरुषेपुरुषे बुद्धिर्याया भवति शोभना ।
तुष्यन्ति च पृथक्सर्वे प्रज्ञया ते स्वयास्वया ॥ १०.३.३ ॥
In each person the intellect is whatever is fine; all are satisfied separately, each by their own wisdom.
10.3.4
सर्वो हि मन्यते लोक आत्मानं बुद्धिमत्तरम् ।
सर्वस्यात्मा बहुमतः सर्वोत्मानं प्रशंसति ॥ १०.३.४ ॥
Everyone in the world thinks himself the wiser; each holds his own self in high esteem and praises himself.
10.3.5
सर्वस्य हि स्वका प्रज्ञा साधुवादे प्रतिष्ठिता ।
परबुद्धिं च निन्दन्ति स्वां प्रशंसन्ति चासकृत् ॥ १०.३.५ ॥
Each person's own wisdom rests on what he approves as good; they blame another's understanding and praise their own again and again.
10.3.6
कारणान्तरयोगेन येषां संवदते मतिः ।
तेऽन्योन्येन च तुष्यन्ति बहुमन्यन्ति चासकृत् ॥ १०.३.६ ॥
Those whose minds agree through the joining of other reasons are satisfied with one another and esteem one another again and again.
10.3.7
तस्यैव तु मनुष्यस्य सासा बुद्धिस्तदातदा ।
कालयोगे विपर्यासं प्राप्यान्योन्यं विपद्यते ॥ १०.३.७ ॥
The intellect of that very man changes again and again; reaching reversal through the union with time, it destroys itself.
10.3.8
अनित्यत्वात्तु चित्तानां मनुष्याणां विशेषतः ।
चित्तवैक्लब्यमासाद्य सासा बुद्धिः प्रजायते ॥ १०.३.८ ॥
Because the minds of men are impermanent, especially when agitation of the mind arises, one intellect after another comes into being.
10.3.9
यथा हि वैद्यः कुशलो ज्ञात्वा व्याधिं यथाविधि ।
भैषज्यं कुरुते योगात्प्रशमार्थमिति प्रभो ॥ १०.३.९ ॥
Just as a skilled physician, having correctly diagnosed the disease, prepares medicine by combination to allay it, O lord.
10.3.10
एवं कार्यस्य योगात्प्रशमार्थमिति प्रभो ।
प्रज्ञया च स्वया युक्त्या तां च गृह्णन्ति वै बुधाः ॥ १०.३.१० ॥
In the same way, by the union with the task, O lord, for the sake of allaying, the wise take it up with their own insight and reasoning.
10.3.11
अन्यया यौवने बाल्ये बुद्ध्या भवति मोहितः ।
मध्येऽन्यया जरायां तु सोन्यां रोचयते मतिम् ॥ १०.३.११ ॥
In youth and in childhood a man is deluded by one intellect; in middle age by another, and in old age he delights in yet another opinion.
10.3.12
व्यसन वा महाघोरं समृद्धिं चापि तादृशीम् ।
अवाप्य पुरुषो भोज कुरुते बुद्धिवैकृतम् ॥ १०.३.१२ ॥
O Bhoja, having obtained either a very dreadful calamity or such prosperity, a man produces a distortion of his intellect.
10.3.13
एकस्मिन्नेव पुरुषे सासा बुद्धिस्तदातदा ।
भवत्यनित्या प्रज्ञा हि सा तस्यैव न रोचते ॥ १०.३.१३ ॥
In one and the same man that intellect changes from time to time; that impermanent understanding does not please him.
10.3.14
निश्चित्य तु यथाप्रज्ञं यां मतिं साधु पश्यति ।
तया प्रकुरुते भावं सा तस्योद्योगकारिका ॥ १०.३.१४ ॥
Having decided according to his understanding, the opinion he sees as good is the one by which he carries out his intention; that is what drives his effort.
10.3.15
सर्वो हि पुरुषो भोज साध्वेतदिति निश्चितः ।
कर्तुमारभते प्रीतिं मरणादिषु कर्मसु ॥ १०.३.१५ ॥
O Bhoja, every man, resolved that 'this is good', begins to act with delight even in actions such as those leading to death.
10.3.16
सर्वे हि युक्तां विज्ञाय प्रज्ञां वापि स्वकां नराः ।
चेष्टन्ते विविधां चेष्टां हितमित्येव जानते ॥ १०.३.१६ ॥
All men, knowing their own fitting understanding, undertake various efforts, and they know this to be beneficial.
10.3.17
उपजाता व्यसनजा येयमद्य मतिर्मम ।
युवयोस्तां प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वेषां शोकनाशिनीम् ॥ १०.३.१७ ॥
This thought, born of calamity, has arisen in my mind today; I shall tell it to you two, for it destroys the grief of all.
10.3.18
प्रजापतिः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा कर्म तासु विधाय च ।
वर्णेवर्णे समाधत्त ह्येकैकं गुणवत्तरम् ॥ १०.३.१८ ॥
Prajāpati, having created creatures and assigned duties among them, established in each class one thing more excellent in quality than another.
10.3.19
ब्राह्मणे वेदमग्र्यं तु क्षत्रिये तेज उत्तमम् ।
दाक्ष्यं वैश्ये च शूद्रे च सर्ववर्णानुकूलताम् ॥ १०.३.१९ ॥
In the brahmin the Veda is supreme; in the kṣatriya, supreme vigour; in the vaiśya and the śūdra, skill; and in all the classes, conformity to their own duty.
10.3.20
अदान्तो ब्राह्मणोऽसाधुर्निस्तेजाः क्षत्रियो मृतः ।
अदक्षो निन्द्यते वैश्यः शूद्रश्च प्रतिकूलवान् ॥ १०.३.२० ॥
An unrestrained brahmin is wicked; a kṣatriya without vigour is as good as dead; an unskilled vaiśya is blamed; and a śūdra who is hostile is likewise.
10.3.21
सोऽस्मि जातः कुले श्रेष्ठे ब्राह्मणैरभिपूजिते ।
मन्दभाग्यतयाऽस्म्येतं क्षत्रधर्ममनुष्ठितः ॥ १०.३.२१ ॥
I was born in a noble family greatly honoured by the brahmins; through ill fortune I have taken up the duty of a kṣatriya.
10.3.22
क्षत्रधर्मं विदित्वाऽहं यदि ब्राह्मण्यमाश्रितः ।
प्रकरिष्ये महत्कर्म न मे तत्साधुसम्मतम् ॥ १०.३.२२ ॥
Knowing the duty of a kṣatriya, if I take refuge in the life of a brahmin and perform some great deed, that will not be approved by the good.
10.3.23
धारयित्वा धनुर्दिव्यं दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि चाहवे ।
पितरं निहतं दृष्ट्वा किन्नु वक्ष्यामि संसदि ॥ १०.३.२३ ॥
Having held the divine bow and the divine weapons in battle, and having seen my father slain, what shall I say in the assembly?
10.3.24
सोऽहमद्य यथाकामं क्षत्रधर्ममवाप्य च ।
गन्ताऽस्मि पदवीं राज्ञः पितुश्चापि महात्मनः ॥ १०.३.२४ ॥
I, now, having obtained the duty of a kṣatriya as I wish, shall go on the path of the king and of my great-souled father.
10.3.25
अद्य स्वप्स्यन्ति पाञ्चाला विश्वस्ता जितकाशिनः ।
विमुक्तयुग्यकवचा हर्षेण च समन्विताः।
वयं जिता मताश्चैषां श्रान्ता व्यायामकर्शिताः ॥ १०.३.२५ ॥
Today the Pañcālas will sleep, confident and thinking themselves victorious, their yokes and armour cast off, filled with joy. They believe we are defeated, weary and worn out by exertion.
10.3.26
तेषां निशि प्रसुप्तानां सुस्थानां शिबिरे स्वके ।
अवस्कन्दं करिष्यामि शिबिरस्याद्य दुष्करम् ॥ १०.३.२६ ॥
At night, while they sleep at ease in their own camp, I will make a sudden attack upon them today; an assault on this camp will be difficult.
10.3.27
तानवस्कन्द्य शिबिरे प्रेतभूतानचेतसः ।
सूदयिष्यामि विक्रम्य मघवानिव दानवान् ॥ १०.३.२७ ॥
Falling upon them in the camp, I will strike them down with valour, like ghosts, senseless, as Indra strikes down the Dānavas.
10.3.28
अद्य तान्सहितान्सर्वान्धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमान् ।
सूदयिष्यामि विक्रम्य कक्षं दीप्त इवानलः ॥ १०.३.२८ ॥
Today I will slay them all, gathered together and led by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, with valour, as a blazing fire consumes dry grass.
10.3.29
निहत्य चैव पाञ्चालाञ्शान्तिं लब्धाऽस्मि सत्तम ॥ १०.३.२९ ॥
Having slain the Pañcālas, O best of the good, I shall obtain peace.
10.3.30
पाञ्चालेषु चरिष्यामि सूदयन्नद्य संयुगे ।
पिनाकपाणिः सङ्क्रुद्धः स्वयं रुद्रः पशुष्विव ॥ १०.३.३० ॥
Today in battle I will roam among the Pañcālas, slaying them, as Rudra himself, bearing the Pināka bow and enraged, roams among beasts.
10.3.31
अद्याहं सर्वपाञ्चालान्निकृत्या च निकृष्य च ।
अर्दयिष्यामि संहृष्टो रणे पाण्डुसुतांस्तथा।
सूदयिष्यामि सङ्क्रुद्धः पशूनिव पिनाकधृत् ॥ १०.३.३१ ॥
Today, cutting down and dragging off all the Pāñcālas, and delighted, I will afflict the sons of Pāṇḍu too in battle. Enraged, like the bearer of the Pināka bow, I will slaughter them as one slaughters beasts.
10.3.32
अद्याहं सर्वपाञ्चालैः कृत्वा भूमिं शरीरिणीम् ।
प्रहृत्यैकेन शस्त्रेण भविष्याम्यनृणः पितुः ॥ १०.३.३२ ॥
Today, having made the earth embodied with all the Pāñcālas, and having struck with a single weapon, I shall be free of my father's debt.
10.3.33
दुर्योधनस्य कर्णस्य भीष्मसैन्धवयोरपि ।
गमिष्यामि निशावेलां पदवीमद्य दुर्गमाम् ॥ १०.३.३३ ॥
Today, along the path of Duryodhana, Karṇa, Bhīṣma and Saindhava as well, I will go in the night's hour upon that difficult path.
10.3.34
अद्य पाञ्चालराजस्य धृष्टद्युम्नस्य वै निशि ।
विरात्रे प्रमथिष्यामि पशोरिव शिरो बलात् ॥ १०.३.३४ ॥
Today, at night, in the deep night, I will forcibly crush the head of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the king of the Pāñcālas, as one crushes the head of a beast.
10.3.35
अद्य पाञ्चालपाण्डूनां शयितानां शिरो निशि ।
खङ्गेन निशितेनाजौ प्रमथिष्यामि गौतम ॥ १०.३.३५ ॥
O Gautama, today at night, I will crush with a sharp sword the heads of the Pāñcālas and Pāṇḍavas who lie sleeping in battle.
10.3.36
अद्य पाञ्चालसेनां तां निहत्य निशि सौप्तिके ।
कृतकृत्यः सुखी चैव भविष्यामि महामते ॥ १०.३.३६ ॥
O wise one, today, at night, during the sleep, having slain that Pāñcāla army, I shall be one whose aim is accomplished, and happy.